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The fall of the Berlin Wall: 'That night, you couldn't stop the people'

Last night's spectacle – billed by organisers as a metaphor for the way the real Cold War icon came down and resulted in the fall of communist countries in eastern Europe – was the finale after a series of memorial services, speeches and events marking... Full Article at The Scotsman

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